The German discounter Aldi has cut the prices for fresh milk and UHT-milk by 10 cents per litre. Fresh milk and UHT milk with 1,5% fat are currently sold for 55 cents. The price for whole milk was equally reduced by 10 cents and is now sold for 59 cents. Aldi also cut the prices for milk products like curd, cream and condensed...

(Brussels, 2nd June 2014) According to the new results of the study on production costs carried out by the German office BAL (Büro für Agrarsoziologie & Landwirtschaft), the cost of production in Germany in January 2014 amounted to 45,16 ct/kg. With a milk price of 41,46 ct/kg, these new results reveal a shortfall of about...

(Brussels, 3rd March 2014) The new results of the cost study carried out by the German Office for Agriculture and Agricultural Sociology BAL show that the average price paid to dairy farmers in Germany in October 2013, i.e. 41,92 cents/kg, does not cover production costs. For the same period, production costs amounted to 44,12...